Adjustable stock for firearms.



0. E. OLIVER. v

ADJUSTABLE STOCK FOR FIREARMS.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY2s,191z.

1,047,690. Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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' Arme/VHS OTTO EDWARD OLIVER, OF MOUNT EDEN, CALIFORNIA.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

ADUSTABLE STOCK FOR FIREARIVIS.

Patented Dec. i?, i912.

Application led July 26, 1912. Serial-Noung.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Orrc E. OLDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Eden, in the county of Alameda and State ofv Galifornia, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Stock for Firearms, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

- My invention is an improvement in' that class. of gunstocks in which the butt section or stock is pivoted to the front section or grip, so thatthe twoA may be adjusted at different angles to each other.

JIhe invention is "embodied'in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through the pivoted adjustable stop, the section being on the line l-l of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

rIhe adjustable stock for firearms consists essentially of a. butt section A, a grip or barrel section B and .a universal joint connection C connecting the'butt sect-ion A with the grip or barrel section versal joint connection C is provided with a; hemi-spherical socket D having rearwardly-extending bottom and side flanges D and D2 let into the butt section A and fastened thereto by screws E to securely hold the socket D in position on the forward lend of the butt section A. Into the socket D ts a hemispherical socket F fastened in position on the rear end of the grip or bar- V,rel section B, and into the member F tits a' hemispherical nut G which screws on the threaded forward end of a screw rod H extending rearwardly opening F formed centrally in the forward socket F. The bolt extends through a tube or a siem fitting lengthwise in the butt section -A and screwing at its forward end into a rearward threaded extension D3 forming an integral part of the socket D. The rear end of the tube I screws into ya bearing J provided with an annular lseat J on which is seated the head I-Iz/(fgthe screw rod H, it being understood that the said head H2 is readily accessible at tlfe rear End-ef the; butt section A to permit of turning thexsaid( screw rod I-I by the use of a through an elongated screw driver, wrench or other tool, so that the screw rod II can be loosened to allow of turning the'but-t section. A up or down or sidewise into the desired position, and permit rotation of the screw rod H to fasten the parts securely together, the hemispherical nut G in such case clamping firmly upon is clamped between the sockets D and F. l By the arrangement described the butt section A can be adjusted up or down to suit a long or short-necked gunner or sportsman, or it can be adjusted sidewise to th'e right or left to suita wide or narrow-shoul dered man or a right or left-handed gunner, as the case may be.

By the construction parts described, I forma joint distinguished by simplicity, light-ness, strength, and rigidity. Space is saved in the grip section of the .stock by employing the hemispherical nut G, thus avoiding undue weakening of 75 .the grip and enabling it to be smaller than would be otherwise practicable. The use of the tube H also stiifens the stock and enables the rear hemispherical socket D to be held clamped iirmly against the stock at all times.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. An adjustable stock for small rearms, comprising a. butt section, a grip section, a hollow hemispherical front socket secured to the grip section and provided with a @entra-1 opening in its rounded end, a rear hemispherical socket attached to the butt section and fitting upon the front socket, a hemispherical clamping nut fitted into the front hemispherical socket, and a bolt arranged lengthwise in the stock and screwing into said nut, as described.

2. An adjustable stock for small rearms, comprising a butt section, a grip section, a hollow hemispherical front socket secured to said grip section and Vprovided with a central opening, a hemispherical tached to the butt section and into which the front hemisphericai socket Ets, a` tube extending lengthwise through the butt section and screwing at its forward end into the rear socket, a bearing fitted into the `3195 rear end of the stock and screwing on the` the hollow front socket F by which the latter and combination of ij'ear socket at- .rear end of said tube, a hemspherical olampname to this application inthe presence of ngknut fitting into the front hemisphericai two subscribing Witnesses. soo et, and a. screw bolt passin throu h the aforesaid tube, its forward grid scrgewing OTTO EDWARD OLIVER' 5 into the hemispherioal nut and its head! Witnesses:

seated upon the rear bearing, as described. i T. A. NELSON,

In testimony whereof I have signed my i O. S. JoHNsoN.

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